Davorin à  tetner (born 10 November 1981) is a Croatian entrepreneur, investor and international motorsports personality. He is the founder and CEO of European TV network GP1 and has been a member of the Committee on the Economy of the Croatian Parliament since 2025. He was formerly the advisor to the first female President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-KitaroviÃÂ, from 2015 to 2020 and president of the national auto sport authority CAKF from 2019 to 2024. He is also a long-term member of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and its bodies.
à  tetner made a world breakthrough with acquisition of Formula 1 media rights for Croatia in 2011 when he negotiated and signed a contract with Bernie Ecclestone beating huge multinational companies. Then 29 years old, he became the world's youngest private F1 rights holder. As he later said â Formula 1 and the contacts and friendships he made there were his true breakthrough and lifetime value. He is present in the Formula 1 Paddock since 2011.
In 2015, President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-KitaroviÃÂ appointed him to the Presidential Economic Council - her main advisory council for economy affairs. Ã Â tetner was there for five years until early 2020, when president Grabar-KitaroviÃÂ went off duty. During the time at the office he was loud and active in fighting for the Entrepreneurs and creating a positive environment for foreign and domestic investors. His main focus was on promoting young entrepreneurs and startups and setting better mentality toward those who are entering business. Stetner was personal envoy to the President on many national and international occasions and events.
à  tetner was appointed to the committee on the economy of the Croatian parliament on 21.2.2025. Voting in the Croatian Parliament was 107 for.
à  tetner entered motorsports world in 2011, after acquiring F1 media rights for Croatia. With the goal to help young motorsport talents same year he is starting Kreator Racing team with drivers in Formula Renault Italia and Karting Championship of Croatia. Kreator Racing is now one of the most successful motorsport teams in Croatia with more than 25 titles of the Champions (karting, motocross, Formula Renault Italia). In 2011, he accepted call from the national autosport authorities CAKF and became a board member. In 2017, he was appointed deputy president. In 2019, he was elected president for the first time and in 2021 for the second term. He obtained a role of the president until end of 2023. The main legacy of his terms is financial consolidation and clearing the federation's debts. In 2024, he responded to a call from Macedonian federation and was elected president of the ASN.
Since his start as a delegate in the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile in 2019, à  tetner was appointed to the FIA ASN Development Task Force which was one of the most important FIA bodies managing and helping national federations (ASN's) to develop. Since 2020, à  tetner was a member of the FIA Digital Motor Sport working group which created all preparations for the digital sport to be recognized as motorsport discipline. FIA Digital Motor Sport Working group was decommissioned at the end of 2020, when the new FIA eSports Commission (Formerly FIA Digital Motor Sport Commission) was introduced with à  tetner as a member. He was on the commission until 2024.
From 2019. he is member of the board of the FIA Central European Zone which consists of 16 countries. He was member of the General Assembly of the Croatian Olympic Committee (2022/2023). He was one of the key people for bringing FIA World Rally Championship to Croatia in 2021.
In 2011 Ã Â tetner joined Croatian Investors & Business Angels Association - CRANE - where he started to invest in startup companies. He first became a board member and became president in 2015. He is maintaining his third mandate at the helm of CRANE. In 2018, he was elected a board member of the European Business Angels Network - EBAN and in 2020 was re-elected on this position. EBAN is one of the major Business Angels and investors unions in the World and it is headquartered in Brussels. Ã Â tetner invested in many startup companies and is mentoring and helping young Entrepreneurs worldwide.
He was a member of the Croatian Innovation Council appointed by the Croatian Minister of Economy in 2018. Stetner has significant experience in diplomacy and working with Governments and was a member of many high-level conferences like Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Dubrovnik Forum, Wilton Park and others. He is working with international institutions and diplomatic representatives on a daily basis. He was a speaker at many conferences and events.
à  tetner was official participant of "The future of the UK's bilateral relationships in Europe" conference organized by Wilton Park - an executive agency of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2018. High-level conference was held in Wiston House castle, West Sussex and gathered European leading representatives from the worlds of politics, business, academia, diplomacy, civil society and media along with the British government with the main focus on UK and Europe relations after Brexit.
On 28 April 2021, Ã Â tetner was elected to the executive committee of the Croatian Employers Association - HUP SME and on 6 July 2023 he was elected Deputy president with two-year term.
à  tetner is also a long term jury member of the "Golden Key" Awards for the best Croatian exporter by the Union of the Croatian Exporters, Women in Adria for the best female entrepreneur and "Zlatna Kuna" - awards for the best Croatian companies by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
à  tetner was part of many expeditions to remote parts of the World. He traveled to more than 90 Countries of the World and 6 continents. From filming documentaries in Ivory Coast after Rebellion War, visiting Pygmy tribes in the jungles of Gabon and Cameroon, exploring Darien province in the Amazons to living with Touaregs in heart of Sahara. Most of his dangerous trips were in his twenties and mid thirties. He wrote many articles and travelogues for Croatian media.